i want to welcome our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world i am live from the cnn headquarters. just ahead on cnn newsroom. there s going to be damages throughout the whole state and people in other parts of the state, be prepared for some impacts. i m concerned for people who either chose to ride the storm out or didn t know any better. why did you leave your home? this is the reason why, because these conditions are grueling. we have multiple residents including elderly residents trapped. we have water on the streets, down power lines, it s a dangerous situation. thursday september 29th, 4 am on the u.s. east coast where much of florida is still being hammered by heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and devastating flooding, irking ian has been downgraded to category one storm, it is now moving north east, it has knocked out power to 20% of the state, that s more than 2 million homes and businesses. these terrifying images are fr
taliban, forcing the u.s. exit. we inherited a deadline. we did not inherit a plan. reporter: now the biden administration must decide how to work with the taliban, which is now in control of the country and how to defend against any potential terrorist threats emerging in afghanistan without u.s. troops, diplomats or intelligence officials in the country. we lost some capacity for sure in not having those boots on the ground in afghanistan, but we have ways and we are actively working on that to make up for that, to mitigate for that, to make sure that we have eyes on the problem to see if it reemerges in afghanistan. let s get reaction from the top republican on the foreign affairs committee, congressman michael mcfall. he was in today s hearing. congressman, thank you for joining us. did you get the clarity you were speaking during the course of these several hours? it was highly contentious, very emotional issue.
and i think they can take tremendous pride in what they accomplished. is america safer today with the taliban in charge of afghanistan? in terms of the threat posed to us before 9/11 that brought us into afghanistan in the first place, we are in a much different and much better place than we were right before 9/11. the group that attacked us, has been dramatically diminished. its capacity ability to attack us again from afghanistan, dramatically diminished. our ability to see if it reemerges and the capacity to do something ability that is very strong. in that sense, i think we re in a much better place than we were 20 years ago. i want to emphasize one point, chuck. you said, i said 20 years, 20 years, $1 trillion, 2,300 americans who lost their lives, a massive investment. the president concluded that it was time to end this war.
the system pulls away. we expect to it move right toward portions. western caribbean and the could not sense us wants to keep it south of cuba, potentially near cozumel and cancun. you notice what happens here. this sort of interaction will keep it rather weak. and then once it reemerges, we expect to it strengthen to a tropical storm. potentially impacting northern mexico or southern texas. thanks for keeping us updated. thank you. joining me now from washington is andrea dunn. she is america s regional director for the humanitarian aid organization project hope. certainly the situation in haiti seems to be worse and worse by the day as we figure out exactly what happened and the impact on the ground. that s absolutely true. it is a very critical situation right now and the needs are extremely urgent. we have the combined situation
incidentally, there were plenty of times the last 30, 40 years and, it reemerges, after it is suppressed and it would be an unbelievable sign. chris: we have to take a break and when we come back, republicans learn the hard way, holding the majority doesn t mean everything goes your way. anks to the venture card from capital o, we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a trip to new orlns twice as fast! bebebebebebaaa! we get double miles every time we e our card, no matter what we re buying. i ll take it. and since double miles add up fast, we can bring the whole gang. fire! [ garth ] it s hard to beat double miles! have you seen garth? oh! [ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one. moey magazine be rewards card if you aim to rack up airline mis. what s in your wallet? bebebebebaaa!